October 5, 2012 Kloppers offloads $5 million BHP stock. Don’t worry it’s just a tax thing At the same time the 50-year-old boss of the world's number one miner also pocketed 300,000 BHP shares worth more than $10 million thanks to the company's employee share incentive…
October 5, 2012 China and Chile join forces during Asia Copper Week The world’s most important copper companies will gather next month in Shanghai in an event organized by the Chinese’s city Futures Exchange (SHFE) and Chile’s Centre or Copper and Mining…
October 5, 2012 Nevada Copper to purchase 17.8% of Mercator Minerals Nevada Copper Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a share purchase agreement with Pala Investments Limited dated October 4, 2012, pursuant to which Nevada Copper has…
October 5, 2012 Australia plays risky balancing game with Asian suitors bearing FTA’s Australia faces the parlous challenge of juggling trade relations with the three key East Asian economies, all of whom covet free trade agreements with the antipodean continent in order to…
October 4, 2012 Mariana Resources takes a stake in promising gold project in Peru Australia-based Mariana Resources (LON:MARL) (TSX:MRY) , an exploration and development company focused in southern Argentina and Chile, announced Thursday it signed a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Canadian junior Condor…
October 4, 2012 Chile’s appeals court to hear injunction request against Barrick’s Pascua Lama A Chilean appeals court has accepted a request for an injunction against Canada’s Barrick Gold (NYSE, TSX: ABX) and its Pascua Lama project, filed by a group of northern natives…
October 4, 2012 Shanghai PE firm makes $850 million bid for Discovery Metals A Shanghai-based private equity firm is pursuing a USD$847 million takeover bid for Botswana-focused Discovery Metals (ASX:DML).
October 4, 2012 Rio Tinto to install world’s largest underground automated mining system Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) has plans in motion to install the world's largest underground automated mining system at its Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia.
October 3, 2012 Xstrata increases copper and silver reserves at Argentina’s El Pachon project Xstrata Copper announced Wednesday a significant increase to the mineral resource estimate at El Pachón copper and silver project in San Juan Province, Argentina.
October 3, 2012 Chile’s deputy mining minister ‘quits’ after lithium fiasco Chile's deputy mining minister, Pablo Wagner, resigned a day after the government decided to revoke the lithium mining concession awarded to a local company last week, acknowledging problems with the…
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